{"id":21711,"date":"2021-05-05T18:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=21711"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:36:54","slug":"lil-yachty-crete-nail-polish-details","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-yachty-crete-nail-polish-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything We Know About Lil Yachty&#8217;s Nail Polish Line, Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21982\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Crete.jpg\" alt=\"Crete, nail polish\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Instagram\/@lilyachty\" \/><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Lil Yachty is the latest celebrity to get involved in the cosmetics world thanks to the rapper&#8217;s new line of nail polishes, entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crete.co\/password\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crete<\/a>, set to drop its first color collection entitled Negatives 001 on Friday, May 21. &#8220;I&#8217;d like to introduce my new nail paint line @crete__co,&#8221; Yachty wrote in an Instagram post announcing the news on May 3. &#8220;FIRST COLOR DROP MAY 21. 4 ALL GENDERS. FOR YOU, NOT THEM!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A video shared on Instagram previewed colors from the line, which look to be varied neutrals of black, grey, and white. In a second post, the founder shared up-close images of the product, and our eyes immediately went to\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">that packaging.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crete polishes come in sleek, long satin black tubes with a click-style top, which is nothing like we&#8217;ve ever seen before\u2014a rare sentiment in today&#8217;s highly saturated beauty market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22000\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Lil-Yachty.jpg\" alt=\"Crete, nail polish\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Instagram\/@lilyachty\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Per a press release shared with\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GRAZIA USA,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the line &#8220;introduces nail paint reinterpreted with an innovative art pen design in three exclusive colorways of monochromatic shades encouraged to make painting nails accessible.&#8221; For those who struggle with a <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/diy-manicure-how-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY manicure<\/a>, the concept of an easy-to-use &#8220;art pen&#8221; is nothing short of a dream come true.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crete is a gender-neutral line of nail paint. Still, its marketing is primarily directed toward men to represent the newest age of masculinity, embodies the brand&#8217;s &#8220;For You, Not Them&#8221; motto, one that promotes self-expression for all. As said by Lil Yachty himself, &#8220;If you find painting your nails is a way to show your creative side, or it&#8217;s an aesthetic that fits you, you shouldn&#8217;t be judged for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-gallery\"><div class=\"gallery-placeholder\"><div class=\"spinner\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"gallery-pagination\"><\/span><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-21711 gallery-columns- gallery-size-\"><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Crete-Pen-1.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Crete, nail polish\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-22002\">White nail polish from Crete's first Negatives 001 collection<\/figcaption><span class=\"img-credit\">Credit: Crete<\/span><\/figure><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Crete-Pen-3.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Crete, nail polish\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-22003\">Black nail polish from Crete's first Negatives 001 collection<\/figcaption><span class=\"img-credit\">Credit: Crete<\/span><\/figure><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Crete-Pen-2.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Crete, nail polish\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-22004\">Pale blue nail polish from Crete's first Negatives 001 collection<\/figcaption><span class=\"img-credit\">Credit: Crete<\/span><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t come as a major surprise that Yachty is jumping into the nail polish game\u2014it makes perfect sense. Along with celebrities like <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/harry-styles-just-inspired-our-next-manicure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Styles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-pride-entertainment-weekly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lil Nas X<\/a>, he loves to rock graphic nail trends and polish and has been doing so for a long time. His philosophy? &#8220;Outside opinion shouldn&#8217;t have an effect on your aesthetic and whatever you decide to do,&#8221; the founder said in a statement. &#8220;[Crete] is a reflection of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29169,"featured_media":21982,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[30,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Everything You Need to Know About Lil Yachty&#039;s Nail Polish Line, Crete - Grazia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out everything you need to know about Lil Yachty&#039;s unisex nail polish line entitled Crete, launching Friday, May 21.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-yachty-crete-nail-polish-details\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Everything We Know About Lil Yachty&#039;s Nail Polish Line, Crete\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out everything you need to know about Lil Yachty&#039;s unisex nail polish line entitled Crete, launching Friday, May 21.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-yachty-crete-nail-polish-details\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-21T16:36:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Crete.jpg?fit=1280%2C720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-yachty-crete-nail-polish-details\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-yachty-crete-nail-polish-details\/\",\"name\":\"Everything You Need to Know About Lil Yachty's Nail Polish Line, Crete - 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